Coal-hod



c. HOLZNER & P. VOHRINGER.

Goal-Hod.

No. 223,349. Patented Jan. 6, 1880.

WITNESSES:

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES HOLZNER AND FRED. VOHRINGER, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

COAL-HOD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,349, dated January 6, 1880.

Application filed October 29, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES HOLZNER and FRED. VOHRINGER, of Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved Goal-Hod; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Our invention relates to the manner of securin the base-ring, bottom, helmet, and funnel or nose of a hod to the body thereof. This we effect by crimping and wiring the parts together, as hereinafter described, and shown in accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1. is a side view of our improved coal-bod. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 00 .r, Fig. 2.

The body A of the hod is wired at the top a and crimped at the lower edge. The basering B is constructed of a straight piece of tin or other sheet metal, which is crimped on one edge, I), before its ends are connected to form the ring. The bottom 0 has its edge 0 bent down at an obtuse angle and crimped. The base-ring B and bottom 0 are then applied to the body A, as shown in Fig. 2, and the three crimped together, so as to firmly unite them and form a close joint.

The lower edge, d, of helmet D is turned down and bent under, as shown in Fig.2, and it is then applied to the top of the bod-body A. The projecting or pendent ends of the wire 6, which extends around the front edge of the helmet, are then inserted through holes formed in the body A and twisted around the the helmet is then clinched on the wire a, and is thus firmly united to the body of the hod;

The funnel or nose-piece E is wired on its front and rear edges, and the ends of these By the above-described construction and arrangement of parts we effect a considerable saving in material, and also greatly reduce the cost and labor of constructing the hod, since we avoid double seaming between the bottom and helmet and body, so that the parts can be united without the aid of a well-skilled mechanic.

We are aware a coalhod has been provided with a hood or detachable top having crimped or grooved edges, so that it might be slid on or off, and also that a top has been provided with wires for fastening it to the ears of the body of the hod; but such construction we do not claim.

What we claim is 1. The combination, with the body of the coal-hod having its lower edge crimped or corrugated vertically, of the base-ring, which is similarly crimpcd, said parts being secured together as shown and described.

2. The combination of the bottom of the hod, having its edge turned and crimped, with the body of the hod, having its lower edge crimped vertically similarly to said bottom, as shown and described.

3. The combination of the base-ring, the bottom, and the body of the hod, all these parts being crimped vertically and united as shown and described.

4. The combination of the helmet with the body of the hod, the rear portion of said helmet being secured by a bent flange, which clasps under the top wire, a, and its frontportion secured by wires inserted through the holes formed in the sides of the'hod, as shown and described.

CHARLES HOLZNER. FRED. VOHRINGER.

Witnesses:

ADOLPHUS J. BRANDRIS, J 0s. F. Lox. 

